Deanna Miles has devoted her life to her husband Dan, deferring a college education to bring up their daughter Maddie and take care of the family home. When the marriage falls apart, Deanna shocks her best friend Christine and mother Sandy by enrolling at the same college as Maddie. Embraced by the rest of her daughter's sorority, Deanna flings herself into campus life with gusto including sharing a room with goth student Leonor and flirting outrageously with fraternity boys.